"But during the election, siguro because he did run under the administration, nawalan ng communication with Mom. And, unfortunately, when Mom was ill, hindi naman na-renew yung communication.

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"So, akala namin, in our end, hindi na sila interesado. So, noong binanggit sa akin ni Ma'am Charo [Santos-Concio, president of ABS-CBN], if we would be interested, the family, to have Ate Vi to portray Mom in a movie that Star Cinema is interested to produce, I immediately asked my sisters and they said, they could not think of any other actress but Vilma Santos to portray Mom. But as it is, wala pa namang final. Pero yung, siyempre, malaking bagay sa pamilya namin na Vilma Santos is Vilma Santos, and we really feel she can give justice.

Dagdag niya, "And the other thing, us, my sisters naman have committed to Father Manoling Francisco, because I really promised Mom... I was so happy when Zsa Zsa [Padilla] mentioned that every day, nagro-rosaryo siya.

"I would like to apologize na wala ako last Friday because I was really sick. And in-explain sa akin ni Manay Gina de Venecia, that all of us sa family, isa-isa kaming nagkakasakit. It's part daw of grief that in a way daw, nalulungkot ka, umiiyak ka, at all, pati yung katawan mo raw, bumibigay.